Only 3% of AI Researchers Worry About the Apocalypse
A survey of 4,000 AI researchers found almost nobody ranks existential risk as their top concern. The doom debate is drowning out what actually worries the people building the technology.
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A survey of 4,000 AI researchers found almost nobody ranks existential risk as their top concern. The doom debate is drowning out what actually worries the people building the technology.
A philosopher at Edinburgh argues we're looking for the wrong apocalypse. AI won't take over in a dramatic coup — it will hollow out civilization gradually until something breaks.
Milton Mueller argues that computer scientists aren't qualified to predict societal outcomes - and that AI existential risk claims rest on unexamined assumptions.